Being a human isn’t cheap. Food, clothes, rent, healthcare, education—it all adds up quickly.
One Redditor knew this early on and decided to prepare for her future. She started working at 14, juggling jobs until she managed to save $40K by the age of 19 to pay for college. But instead of celebrating her determination, her parents stunned her with a demand: they wanted every penny, claiming she owed them the money for raising her.
Unsure if she was in the wrong for refusing, she turned to the internet for advice. Here’s her story.
The young woman had been working since she was 14, saving $40K to pay for college
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But to her shock, her parents demanded every penny, claiming it was payment for raising her
Image credits: The Yuri Arcurs Collection (not the actual photo)
Image credits: freepik (not the actual photo)
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Readers were just as surprised and encouraged her to hold on to her hard-earned savings
